"We shall follow the Russian model (incidentally where domestic abuse isn't illegal)"

#UKLaw #Lammy #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #JuryTrials #Justice #Russia #RichardBurgon

Good to hear #RichardBurgon is tabling bill addressing massive #emissionsgap #climatebreakdown #journalism #FionaHarvey
β€œFossil fuel giants have driven us to the cliff edge of climate catastrophe. They’ve made obscene profits while millions suffer the consequences. It’s only right that those most responsible for the crisis fund the urgent climate action needed, both at home and abroad.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/15/mp-to-launch-bill-to-target-superyachts-private-jets-and-fossil-fuel-producers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
MP to launch bill to target superyachts, private jets and fossil fuel producers

Bill would force major polluters to pay into fund for flood defences and home insulation – but has little chance of becoming law

The Guardian

Starmer has got to go, or we'll have PM Farage

Centrist sellouts flounder before fascism, how many times must we go through this sad dance before we learn the lesson?
They turned it around in Canada, it's not inevitable.

#Starmer #Labour #UKPOL #UKpolitics #LocalElections2025 #JohnMcDonnell #RichardBurgon #BrianLeishman

Ben Jennings on #Labour party management under #KeirStarmer #Labour7 #EndChildPoverty #2ChildCap #LabourRebels #RichardBurgon #ImranHussain #AspanaBegum #ZarahSultana #RebeccaLongBailey #IanByrne #JohnMcDonnell – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
This is particularly good to hear. The charitable status enjoyed by elite establishments like Eton is repulsive to the hardworking teachers and pupils (and their parents), struggling in understaffed and underfunded state schools across the country. #ToriesOut #LabourParty #RichardBurgon #Education #EnoughlsEnough